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My days can be difficult especially after a difficult night. I have realized that I can still take walks if I don’t feel like running. Sometimes I make an effort to create a social activity with friends especially when I am having a difficult day. I need to make things happen even when I feel like crap.
Afterwards I am proud of myself.Hi cjj1970,
My insomnia did start with a thyroid cancer diagnosis. I can now recognize how my mind is working to keep me safe. I think even the suggestion of cancer can cause our mind to be very vigilant.
I am kept hyperthyroid until I have radioactive iodine procedure. I did see a sleep doctor and he thinks being hyperthyroid is driving my insomnia.
I enrolled in Martin’s program because I wanted to teach my brain to accept wakefulness.
The be st thing about this program is the community support. I felt so alone living with insomnia.
Getting well meaning advice and suggestions from family and friends that never worked for me.
This has been the hardest 3 weeks but I will keep going and not give up even though I feel like crap!Thank you for the encouragement Larry!
To take the long term approach and it takes as long as it take is good to remember. I tend to get impatient, looking for immediate results or a linear progress.
I get frustrated with set backs. But the more set backs I experience the more set backs become acceptable.My mind is in overdrive looking out for me! I practice NOW many times in a day. Once I feel like I have accepted the thought or feeling I feel at ease but the thought pops up again. The acceptance probably lasts a few minutes and then my mind reminds me to be safe. I feel like I am in a loop. W is helpful because I can ground myself to realize where my physical body is and I am safe!
Week 3 has been very difficult for me since I still try to make sleep happen.Tweg11, Even with a set back you still ran a mile and a half! Your body is taking care of you.
I hope you have built enough sleep drive for tonight.
I agree c5!
For me set backs are so difficult. My fears and doubts return.Noel,
Thank you for sharing the possibilities ahead for me!
So encouraging!!Ditto c5properties. I’m also ready!
I figured out my sleep window during the 14 day trial. Before insomnia I always woke up around 4:30am, so I set 5am for my wake up time. My sleep window is 11pm – 5am.
My improvements are sporadic. I still have 2-3 night time wake ups. I usually go to bed around 11pm and most nights sleep begin sleep without tossing and turning.
What has changed is my relationship with sleep and wakefulness. I have accepted the night time wakefulness but not so much when the initial falling asleep doesn’t happen.
I do my best to live my life even though I feel tired and fatigued. I tell myself that I can do hard things!
Yes the body knows how to sleep and my body takes care of me!tweg11,
I am week 3 and I re-listened to Leah’s experience. Yes, she also resonates with me! I get a different perspective from when I first heard her and now. I appreciate that for her it took 3-4 months for her relationship from insomnia to transform.
Working 15 days in the program I have had set backs which can be so disappointing. Listening is so encouraging.
Thank you tweg11!Before insomnia, when I had a hypnic jerk I knew I was just about to fall asleep. So when I feel a hypnic jerk now I know that sleep wants to happen. Sometimes during the buffer zone or while waiting to feel sleepy I will nod off sitting up and sometimes have a hypnic jerk. Although now the hypnic jerk does not always lead to sleep.
Thank you Martin for reminding me the intention of sleep restriction.
I have been waking up right before the end of my sleep window so I moved the range from 11pm – 5am to 11pm to 4:45am. Is this a way of trying to control sleep, problem solving? My intent was to spend less time tossing and turning before it is time to wake up at the end of my sleep window.Anastenise,
Thank you for sharing how you practice AWAKE! Last night it took me 3 hours to get to sleep. A little bit of a set back. I know it was 3 hours because I looked on my phone to find the download of the AWAke exercise. Even though the intent was not to check the time, I am at a stage where it does upset me to know the time. I love how you have created an awake nest! That is an act of kindness.
For me the more I practice AWAKE the stronger the thoughts and feelings become. Tonight I will practice AWAKE with more kindness!Congratulations! Just as Martin signs off, “You can sleep”.
Because I have a 6 hour sleep window, all I know is that I get probably 5 hours of sleep. I still feel tired and fatigued physically and mentally.My sleep window is 2300 – 0500. I can start nodding off around 2130. There have been nights when I get out of bed and read in a different room and find myself sleeping sitting up. I am thinking of changing my sleep window from 2300 -0445. I get dreams where I hear my alarm go off but the alarm is not playing. My brain wants me to wake up now!
Hi Lucas,
Right now I take 25mg of seroquel. In May I was so desperate that I called 988. BTW, they are a great resource! They told me to call my doctor in the morning. The next day I was prescribed xoloft, trazodone and seroquel.
I know I can fall asleep without the seroquel but feel comfortable taking them for now.
Getting off the meds is a discussion for you and your doctor.
Good luck with week 1!Welcome tweg11!
I enrolled in the 1 on 1 coaching 2 weeks ago. Yes, it is one of the hardiest course I’ve ever enrolled in! For me it’s because I cannot control sleep no matter how much I try. I am learning to trust the program. The cool thing is I am able to implement the tools we learn in my everyday life.
Let’s support each other with the guidance of our coach, Martin!
